Costume, Masks, and Fashion with Sophie McKay Knight
Duration: 1 hour
Price: £75.00
6 week course
Costume, Masks, and Fashion
In this 6-week course, Sophie will guide you through the various ways art history and photography have depicted what people wear and how they wear it. Join in with fun and expressive drawing exercises that will explore line, tone, and composition, as well as incorporating (optional) elements of mixed media techniques. As we will be drawing figures, basic proportion and anatomy will form part of this course, as well as how to draw faces and expressions. All levels are welcome in this informal and friendly class.
What you’ll need:
To join this 6-week course, our tutor suggests that you have the following materials.
- Any white paper
- Any coloured paper
- Soft pencil (eg 4b) pencil
- Black pen
- Felt tip pens, any colour
- Coloured pencils any colour
- Hard rubber
- Willow charcoal
- Torn magazine pages or newspaper
- 1x thin paintbrush
- 1xthicker paintbrush
- Watercolour paper (optional)
- Compressed charcoal (optional)
- Chalk pastels, any colour (optional)
- Pritt-stick
- Scissors
Your Tutor
Sophie McKay Knight is an artist who works in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Having studied Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art & University between 1992-1997, Sophie has been a practicing professional artist ever since and has worked professionally with St Andrews University, Art in Healthcare, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Fife Cultural Trust, Perth & Kinross Council and Tate Gallery, Liverpool. Sophie has also been a committee member with Visual Arts Scotland, and given workshops across a variety of venues for adults and children.
Joining our online classes
Our online classes will take place via Zoom. We’d recommend using a laptop or desktop if possible to make it easier for you to take part. Upon booking your class, you will receive an email confirmation with full details of how to join and your link to the Zoom class.
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5 p.m.